Volta Basel 2017 - The Art Fair for New International Positions

After a successful show in New York earlier this year, VOLTA Basel is now returning to Markthalle for the strong 13th edition. Taking place this June, Basel’s art fair for new international positions will be concurrent with Art Basel Week and occur within the current art season’s Grand Tour of documenta 14, the 57th Venice Biennaleand the fifth Skulptor Projekte Münster. Founded in 2005 as a collaboration between dealers and friends, the aim of the fair was to secure a platform for international galleries beyond young art stalwart Liste and market heavyweight Art Basel. Due to the eclectic and dynamic presentations with a strong focus on solo shows, VOLTA Basel has become one of the most important international art fairs in the world.

Dubbed the Lucky 13 by the VOLTA team, the fair will bring together 70 renowned galleries from all over the world. As the Artistic Director Amanda Couldon explains, the fair will be quite energizing and educational and it will present an extraordinary range of artists – from Biennale participating artists to many new faces. Showcasing the highest calibre of new art, from rediscovered historic works to recent commissions alike, VOLTA Basel bears salient positions within an elegant environment.

VOLTA Basel 2017 Exhibitors

As a globally conscious fair for artistic discovery, VOLTA 13 will welcome 70 galleries from four continents and 43 cities, together mounting compelling projects by artists from over 50 nations. There will be a total of 12 first-time exhibitors who will breathe a breath of fresh air into the fair’s international contemporary scope. The selection of galleries is truly diverse, from Carlos Carvalho Art Contemporânea from Lisbon, presenting the Cuban-American artist Anthony Goicolea and Portuguese artists Mónica de Miranda and Carla Cabanas; and Galleria Bianconi from Milan, presenting a video and photography project by the American artist Cheryl Pope; to T&L Galerie from Paris, spotlighting their emerging artists François Malingrëy and Tindar; and C&K Galerie from Berlin, presenting an interdisciplinary project of the artist Said Baalbaki. Also, be sure not to miss booths by Freight+Volume from New York, especially interested in narrative and text-based material; Richard Koh Fine Art from Kuala Lumpur, regarded a pioneer for introducing Southeast Asian contemporary art to Malaysia and the region; Galerie Ora-Ora from Hong Kong, a research-based Asian contemporary fine art gallery specializing in Contemporary Ink, sculptures, and the discovery of emerging talents; ROCKELMANN & from Berlin, a gallery for innovative contemporary art, with a focus on curated conceptual art, installations and new media productions; V1 Gallery from Copenhagen, committed to introducing art, in all media, to an international audience; among others.

The Exhibitor’s List

Galleries

ADN Galeria , Barcelona

AKINCI , Amsterdam

ART FRONT GALLERY , Tokyo

Martin Asbæk Gallery , Copenhagen

Galería Ángeles Baños , Badajoz

beta pictoris / Maus Contemporary , Birmingham, AL

Galleria Bianconi , Milan

Rutger Brandt Gallery , Amsterdam

C&K Galerie . Berlin

CARLOS CARVALHO

ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA , Lisbon

CHARLIE SMITH LONDON , London

Galerie Charlot , Paris

Coates & Scarry , London

Ethan Cohen Gallery , New York

COHJU contemporary art , Kyoto

CONRADS , Düsseldorf

Davidson Contemporary , New York

dc3 Art Projects , Edmonton

Galerie Dukan , Paris / Leipzig

the fat – massimo carasi , Milan

Freight+Volume , New York

frosch&portmann , New York

Galerie Thomas Fuchs , Stuttgart

Galleria Doris Ghetta , Ortisei

Green On Red Gallery , Dublin

Galeria Enrique Guerrero , Mexico City

Patrick Heide Contemporary Art , London

HilgerBrotkunsthalle , Vienna

Kristin Hjellegjerde , London

T h e Hole , New York

Gabinete de Arte k2o , Brasilia

Roger Katwijk , Amsterdam

Kleindienst , Leipzig

Knight Webb Gallery , London

GALLERYKOGURE , Tokyo / New York

Richard Koh Fine Art , Kuala Lumpur

Galerie Kornfeld , Berlin

Krupic Kersting II KUK , Cologne

Martin Kudlek , Cologne

George Lawson Gallery , San Francisco

Litvak Contemporary , Tel Aviv

LMAKgallery , New York

Magic Beans , Berlin

Massimodeluca , Venice

PATRICK MIKHAIL GALLERY , Montreal / Ottawa

GALLERY MoMo , Tokyo

Montoro12 Contemporary Art , Rome

GALERIE ERIC MOUCHET , Paris

NUNU Fine Art , Taipei

Galerie Ora-Ora , Hong Kong

P74 Gallery , Ljubljana

Pablo's Birthday , New York

Anca Poterasu Gallery , Bucharest

PRIVATEVIEW , Turin

Galerie Ramakers , The Hague

Galerie Richard , Paris / New York

Robert Henry Contemporary , Brooklyn

ROCKELMANN & , Berlin

RoFa projects , Potomac

Tyler Rollins Fine Art , New York

Sapar Contemporary , New York

S A RDAC , London

SODA gallery , Bratislava

Galerie Heike Strelow , Frankfurt am Main

Galerie T&L , Paris

Ten Haaf Projects , Amsterdam

TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY , Osaka

V1 Gallery , Copenhagen

YOD Gallery , Osaka

ZieherSmith , New York

Zilberman Gallery , Istanbul / Berlin

The Highlights – Solo Presentations and Dual-Artist Dialogues

Solo presentations and dual-artist dialogues remain the foundation of the fair’s curatorial program. By spotlighting artists though primarily solo projects, the VOLTA Basel refocuses the art fair experience back to its most fundamental point – the artists and their works. This year, 19 galleries will present a single artist from their roster and another 21 will present the conversation between two of their artists. Be sure to check out the latest bamboo grid reliefs and sculptures by the Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich presented by Tyler Rollins Fine Art from New York; a calming confessional “safe space” created by the Chinese artist Peng Wei presented by Galerie Ora-Ora from Hong Kong; a valiant mixed-media array by the American artist Robert Hodge presented by Freight + Volume from New York, among others. Ranging from serene to visually assertive, dual-artist dialogues includes emotive figurative photography and large-scale drawings by the Russian artist Anastasia Khoroshilova presented against the young Erasums scholar Assunta Abdel Azim Mohamed, brought by Hilger Brotkunsthalle from Vienna; an installation-style survey of globalism by two Japanese artists Shinji Ohmaki and TODO, brought by ART FRONT GALLERY from Tokyo, among others.

The Location of VOLTA Basel 2017

Practical Information

VOLTA 13 will take place at Markthalle in Basel from June 12th until June 17th, 2017. The fair is accessible by direct shuttle bus to and from Art Basel. The Guest of Honor Preview will be held on June 12th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m, the VIP / Press Preview will be held from 12 to 2 p.m, and the public vernissage will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. The fair will be open to the public between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. The price of the tickets will be CHF 20 (around $20.04), while the price for the students and groups will be CHF 15 (around $15.03). For more information, visit the official website of the fair.

READ OTHER INTERESTING STORIES

Over its eight years of existence, Ch.ACO Fair has established itself as Chile’s main international contemporary art fair, and as one of the most relevant fairs in Latin America. Establishing itself as a driving force in Chile’s art m...

In recent years, ArtVerona has built up a clear profile for itself by effectively focusing on the enhancement of the Italian art system and increasingly accrediting itself as a privileged venue for exhibitors and collectors in search of q...

Taking place every year in October, Art Élysées - Art & Design is one of the major events during the Parisian Art Week, contributing to the capital’s artistic dynamism and activity. Offering reliable assets, valuable works of art ...

Latin America’s leading art fair platform, ZⓢONAMACO hosts four events that take place annually in the month of February and September at Citibanamex in Mexico City. Established in 2015 with an aim to promote and boost photography sec...

A home to different civilizations and cultures over the ages and a place where East meets the West, Istanbul is a city with incredibly rich and exotic history. Preserving its cosmopolitan and metropolitan structure, the city is regarded...

Coming back for its sixth edition, the Unseen Amsterdam is definitely an event to mark in your calendar. Taking place in the Westergasfabriek neighborhood in Amsterdam this September, it will bring the...

An international fair for contemporary art, viennacontemporary is coming back to Viennese Marx Halle for its third strong edition. Founded in 2015, the fair has evolved into one of the finest European contemporary art fairs. Taking place ...